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EPARF Member Technical Newsletter – July
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GRDC Dry Start Forums held on EP were well attended
350 farmers, advisors and agribusiness representatives attended a series of four forums across the Eyre Peninsula to discuss the dry conditions for the start of the 2017 growing season. Funded by the Grains Research & Development Corporation (GRDC) and supported by PIRSA-SARDI and local farming groups Eyre Peninsula Agricultural Research Foundation (EPARF)…
EPARF Member Technical Newsletter – May
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EPARF Member Technical Newsletter – April
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Bruce Heddle – Winner Ag Excellence Award
Local Minnipa farmer, Bruce Heddle was awarded the Inaugural Ag Excellence Perpetual Award for outstanding service to agriculture within South Australia at the recent 12th Ag Excellence Alliance Annual Forum held in Adelaide. Nominated by the Eyre Peninsula Agricultural Research Foundation (EPARF), this Inaugural Award gave an opportunity to recognise an individual…
EPARF Member Day 2016
Over 140 attended the Sandy Soils workshop held at Minnipa Ag Centre, with guest speakers Dr Stephen Davies (DAFWA), Dr Rick Llewellyn (CSIRO), Chris McDonough (Insight Extension for Ag), David Davenport and Brett Masters (Rural Solutions SA) and local EP farmers Ben Pope and Hayden Whitwell. EPARF Chairperson Simon Guerin opened the…
Drone/UAV workshop
This workshop held at Minnipa Ag Centre was delivered by Leighton Pearce, Growing Solutions. Information presented was types of UAV’s available, laws governing their use and their application in agriculture. The event finished with a demonstration and participants having a go at flying a UAV! Very informative day, enjoyed by all attending….
2015 Member Day Publication
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EPARF Member Day 2015
The annual member day focused on Innovation and Technology, providing EPARF members with new practical tools and management opportunities available for their farming business. The program consisted of whole group presentations on engineering, weed sensing, mapping, climate forecasting, protein sensors and unmanned aerial vehicles. Small group sessions were presented on water leak…